Machine for making braids and trimmings.



No. 707,336. Patented Aug. la, |902.

J. E. KIRBERG.

MACHINE FOB MAKING BBAIDS AND TRIMMINGS.

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K Patented Aug. I9, |902. J. E. KIRBERG. MACHINE FOB MAKING BRAIDS AND TRIMMINGS.

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No. 707,336.v Patented Aug. I9, |9o2.r

J. E. KIRBERG.

MACHINE FDH MAKING BRAIDS AND TRIMMINGS.

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THE Noms PETERS C0.. PHoTaLITnO., WASHINGTON. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.TAKOB E. KIRBERG, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HENSEL, COLLADAY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING BRAIDS AND TRIMMINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 707,336, dated August 19, 1902.

` Application filed September 28, 1900. Serial No. 31,352. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concert/1,:l

Beitknown that LJ AKOB E.KIRBERG,a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Braids and Trimmings, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

My invention relates to improvements in braiding-machines of that `class in which means are provided for causing the racers or bobbin-holders to travel over a greater or a lesser space, as may be required by the design of the braid.

The novelty resides in the peculiar construction and combination of parts, f all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure l represents a partial side elevation and partial vertical section ofv a braiding-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of certain'of the parts seen inFig. l. Fig. 3 represents a plan View of the race-circles and certain detached portions of the machine. plan view of the slotted heads and gearing which impart motion to the racers or bobbinholders and also to the pattern-chain. Fig. 5 represents an elevation of a portion of a chain and pattern-block secured thereto, on an enlarged scale. Fig. Grepresents a vertical section on line a; a: in Fig.' 5. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent, respectively, a side, a front, and a rear velevation of one of the patternblocks.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures. i

Referring to the drawings, l designates the frame of the machine, in whichbis journaled the shaft 2, which` latter is provided with a crank 3, aworm 4, and a gear-wheel 5, it being noted that said gear-wheel 5 meshes with a gear-wheel 6 and that the latter when in motion causes the gear-wheels 7 to 23, inclusive, to rotate. The gear-wheel 23 is secured to a shaft 24, journaled in the frame l of the machine, and has secured thereto a worm 25, which meshes with a worm-wheel 26, j ournaled in the frame l, it being noted that said wormwheel v2,6 is secured to a shaft 27, journaled Fig. '4 represents a` in the frame-l, and has secured thereto a sprocket-wheel 28, around which passes the sprocket-chain 29, which latter has secured thereto the pattern-blocks 30, which may be located on said chain in any desired position relatively to each other, according to the design. The sprocket chain 29 passes also around a pulley 3l, which exerts apull upon the chain 29, due to the spring 32, it being 6o apparent that as said chain is under tension it cannot swing or become displaced. The gear-wheels 6 to 2l, inclusive, are each provided with slotted heads 33 in the usual manner to cause the racers or bobbin-holders 35 65 to travel in the race-rings 34, it beingevident that any number of racers 35 may be employed and that the latter may be increased or decreased in number according to the design. 7o

Pivoted in the frame 1 are the levers 36 and 37, (see Figs. l and 2,) which have connected thereto the rods 38 and 39, respectively, said rods having also connected to their respective ends the arms 40 and 4l, as best seen in Figs. 75 2 and 3. The rods 3S and 39 are connected in any suitable manner with springs 42 to restore said rods'and their adjuncts to their normal vpositions when yso required. The arms 40 and 41 are secured to spindles 43 and 44, respectively, it being noted that said spindles have firmly secured thereto the respective switches 45 and '46.' (See Fig. 3.)

The worm 4 meshes with a worm-wheel 47, which imparts motion to a train of gearing 48, so that the latter may operate the take-up rolls 491in the usual manner.

50 designates yarn-guides secured to the l frame land of usual construction. 5l designatesahousingto prevent the braid 52 from coming in contact with certain parts of the' machine. Y f

The pattern-blocks 30 are secured to the chain-29 in the present instance by plates 53 IOG 49, after which the crank 3 is operated, whereupon motion is imparted to the machine, it being evident that, if desired, the machine may be driven by other means than by hand-power. When the levers 36 and 37 are in the positions seenin Fig. 1, the switches 45 and 46 are in the positions indicated in full lines in Fig. 3, and the racers or bobbinholders 35 will then travel in the direction indicated by the arrows a and ax. (See Fig. 3.) When the switches are in this position, the warp-thread 100 is bound in by the weftthreads, making the small loopsat the edge of the braid. When a pattern-block 30 is brought in contact with the upper portions of the levers 36 and 37, said levers will be caused to turn on their pivots 56 and in the direction indicated by the arrows b in Fig. l, whereupon the rods 38 and 39 will be caused to move in the direction indicated by the arrows c in Figs. l and 3, and thus turn the switches 45 and 46 from the positions seen in full lines in Fig. 3 to those indicated in dotted lines, whereupon the racers 35 will not follow the course indicated by the arrows ctx, but will follow the one indicated by the arrows d, and thereby cover a greater distance than when following the course indicated by the arrows dx, and the warp-thread will not be bound in by the weft-threads, and thus form loops of greater lengths on the outer edges of the braid, and the short and long loops will be located relatively to each other in accordance with the required design.

It is to be noted that the yarns from the several bobbins may be so arranged relatively to each other that a braid may be produced with designs other than loops of different lengths along its edges and that any number of yarns may be employed, according to the design.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having terminal elongated looped extensions leading therefrom, means for feeding a warp looping-thread through one of said extensions, and means for changing the course of the racers or bobbin-holders to cause them to pass around the said extension-raceways to form an elongated loop in the warp-thread at the edge of the braid.

2. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having terminal elongated looped extensions leading therefrom, means for feeding awarp looping-thread through one of said extensions, and means for changing the course of the racers or bobbin-holders to cause them to pass around the said extension-raceways to form an elongated loop in the warp-thread at the edge of the braid and means for automatically controlling the same.

3. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated loop extension, a bobbinholder in said race-ring, means for feeding a warp looping-thread through said extension,

and means for preventing the bobbin-holder from traveling'in the extended portion of said race-ring.

4. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated looped extension, a bobbinholder, means for feeding a warp loopingthread through one of said extensions, means for causing said holder to travel a certain course in said ring or through said extensions and means for automatically controlling the same.

5. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated looped extension, switches therein, means for feeding a warp loopingthread through the extension and a jacquard for operating said switches.

6. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated looped extension, a bobbinholder, means for feeding a warp loopingthread through the extension and a switch in said race-ring for controlling the movement of the racers through said extension.

7. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated looped extension, a bobbinholder, means for feeding a warp loopingthread through the extension, a switch in said race-ring for controlling the movement of the racers through said extensions and means for controlling said switch.

8. In a braiding-machine, a :race-ring having an elongated looped extension, bobbinholders, means for operating said holders, means for feeding a warp looping thread through the extension, a switch in said racering for controlling the movement of the racers through said extensions, and patternblocks for operating said switch.

9. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring having an elongated looped extension, bobbinholders, means for operating said holders, means for feeding a warp looping-thread through the extension, a switch for changing the course of said holders and controlling their movement through said extensions, rods suitably connected with said switches, and means for moving said rods, whereby said switches are opened and closed.

10. In a braiding-machine, a race-ring hav- :ing an elongated looped extension, a bobbinholder, means for operating the same, means for feeding awarp looping-thread through the extension, a switch in said race-ring for controlling the movement of the holder through said extensions, rods connected with said switches, arms secured to said rods, and means for operating said arms to open and close the switches.

1l. In a braiding-machine, race-rings having an elongated looped extension, bobbinholders, means for operating said holders, means for feeding a warp looping thread through the extension, a switch in said rings for controlling the movement of the bobbinholders through said extensions rods secured to said switches, arms secured to said rods, and a jacquard or bobbin-blocks adapted to operate said arms.

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race-ring for controlling the movement of said J OHN` A. WIEDERSHEIM, holders through said extensions, means' for g C. D. MOVAY. 

